craig cornish's Blog
 I started writing poetry as a young boy, actually they were lyrics to melodies I would invent, performed before the captive audience of Mom and Dad, who were, at least outwardly entertained. Let’s face it, if you can’t please a loving family it’s probably not a good idea to take your show on the road. I started writing poems in high school for English and Lit. classes and through college, some for courses, some for loves, and some---just because. Sold some lyrics for ads and had some writings published. Then life struck—marriage, family, work, and I didn’t write another poem for years, well, maybe a few. Then just over a year ago I was searching for inspiration for a eulogy because a friend’s Dad had died and my search lead me to Poetry Soup and the fine poets who reside here. I have learned more here than in all of my English and Literature classes combined. I can think of many names that have been particularly inspirational but truly it is the whole—this creative melting pot…Poetry Soup---Thank You
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Most Recent Blog Post
Teen Poet--Sonnet #2
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Blog Posted:2/5/2013 7:47:00 AM
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Lines Written On A Sleepless Night I love the moon’s soft mist-encircled light; It weaves a silver spell; the very leaves Seem turned to silver stone!—surely tonight There’s something strange abroad! Beneath the eaves Thrushes are nesting—hushed; and these I love; And, too, I love thin spires of smoke, that rise Like incense to the stars; and then, to move When all the world’s asleep, or to surprise A wakeful mouse from some close hiding place… I love to think I hear an angel’s voice Hung on the whisper of the wind. This place, This night, this hour, this sky, are all my choice! I love the earth, the sea, the heaven above, But, more than these, the right to say I love!
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/17/2013 | Crimson Passion | Rhyme | passion, |
| 5/16/2013 | Linda's Song | Free verse (vers libre) | dedication, |
| 5/16/2013 | The Belated Debutante | Quatrain | funny, |
| 5/15/2013 | Life's Waves | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 5/14/2013 | Too Young | Pantoum | dad,death, |
| 5/14/2013 | Five Minutes | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection, |
| 5/10/2013 | Green | Tanka | love, |
| 5/7/2013 | To Lily | Quatrain | birthday, |
| 5/6/2013 | In Silence I Stood | Villanelle | life,love, |
| 5/4/2013 | Blue Gardenia | Free verse (vers libre) | love, |
| 5/4/2013 | merlot | Haiku | nature, |
| 5/3/2013 | Sophistication | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/29/2013 | A Ripple in Time | Free verse (vers libre) | hope,life, |
| 4/25/2013 | Evolution Worst Poem | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/21/2013 | Life's Lessons | Blank verse | life, |
| 4/21/2013 | The Otters Play | Sonnet | life, |
| 4/20/2013 | Friendship | Acrostic | friendship, |
| 4/20/2013 | Dragon Slayers | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 4/19/2013 | In The Meadow | Sonnet | war, |
| 4/18/2013 | Haiku ap1813 | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/16/2013 | Synathroesmic Cat | Couplet | funny, |
| 4/14/2013 | Moon | Free verse (vers libre) | moon, |
| 4/14/2013 | In Medias Res | Verse | religious,truth, |
| 4/13/2013 | Coccinellidae | Quintain (English) | funny, |
| 4/13/2013 | Belly Up | Rhyme | song-lyric,me,fun,me, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| Violin | Personification | death,love,sadworld,rose, |
| Evening Walk | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection,life,nature |
| The Sowing | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion |
| Why I Weep | Italian Sonnet | natureme, |
| LONG DISTANT DREAM | Rhyme | nature |
| An Invitation to Dance | Sonnet | music,nature, |
| Secrets of the Stream | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection,nature |
| Grandpa | Couplet | childhood,loss,sadold,chi |
| Double Phantasy | Free verse (vers libre) | loss,mystery,sad |
| Something of a Dreamer | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| Silver Strands | Bio | love,mother,me,silver, |
| Montage Poetry | Lyric | happiness,history,uplifti |
| A Mutual passion | Blank verse | romance,longing,longing,l |
| Spring Returned | Rondeau | happiness,love,people,sou |
| January--Miss Doom and Gloom | Personification | imagination,nature,new ye |
| Magic | Acrostic | fantasy,imagination,smile |
| Wind Power | Rhyme | nature, |
| Gold Star | Narrative | childhood,war,war,star,bl |
| FIRST CHERUBIC CHANCE | Lyric | mystery,uplifting |
| Circle of Life | Rhyme | death,introspection,life, |
| New England | Rhyme | nature,seasons, |
| If Ever | Sonnet | faith,hope,inspirational, |
| ALL FOR HONOR | Quatrain | lost love,sad,sleep, |
| THE HOURS | Sonnet | on writing and words,time |
| EULOGY FOR THE ELDON GALLERY, WATERLOO | Free verse (vers libre) | art,life,places,sad,grand |
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